Shame

Shame

by Karin Alvtegen (Author), Steven T. Murray (Translator)

Synopsis

Two women trapped by a past that won't let go . . . At first sight, Monika and Maj-Britt are as different as two people can possibly be. They have nothing in common but the determination to obliterate their memories and be left alone. But when a tragic accident brings them face to face, the emotional voids at the centre of their lives threatens to engulf them and they are forced to confront the secrets and the sadness they had hoped to bury. A suspenseful psychological thriller, Shame reveals the ordinary days of the odd and the lonely as they twist into self-destruction and holds out a glimmering hope of redemption and acceptance.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
Edition: Main
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
Published: 24 Aug 2006

ISBN 10: 184195747X
ISBN 13: 9781841957470

Media Reviews
A brilliant portrait of a woman nearing mental breakdown . . . Alvtegen at her best. -- Susanna Yager * * Daily Telegraph * *
Alvtgren is a name to watch. * * Guardian * *
Author Bio
Karin Alvtegen was born in Joenkoeping, Sweden, in 1965 and had a varied career, including work in set design for film and stage, before she started to write. She won Sweden's most prestigious crime novel award, the Glass Key, in 2000 with her novel, Missing, and further acclaim with her next two novels, Betrayal and Shame. She is the great-neice of Astrid Lindgren (author of the Pippi Longstocking stories), and lives in Stockholm.